Annika Hom

journalist and writer. words @NatGeo @WIRED @publichealthmag @usatoday and more 🦋 proud alum @MLNow @bostonglobe
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[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

JUST IN: Two days after my story published CCSF Board Prez is allocating millions to fix broken heat and holding emergency meeting!

[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

no heat is a health issue.

immunocompromised students dropped out of classes altogether, students w disabilities skip class

others can’t concentrate on lessons as they brave outside temps for hours.

new reporting from me, in the ‘icebox’ for @MLNow

https://t.co/oWvr6VYGSj

[Mission Local Guild @MissionLocalgld]

Exciting news! We, Mission Local staff, are forming a union.

Read our Mission Statement below.

https://t.co/dThSuvjWM7

[Mission Local @MLNow]

We're very happy to voluntarily recognize the Mission Local Guild!

We'll work in good faith with our staff on upcoming negotiations, & look forward to ironing out a contract.

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

For many of us, potatoes are a beloved part of the diet. But a new study examining nearly four decades of data suggests that certain ways they are prepared could raise your risk of diabetes by 20 percent. Learn how we can lower our risk: https://t.co/aK3RiDWVP0

[Mission Local @MLNow]

After 29 years, Miguel Lopez was deported to a Mexico he no longer recognized.

From @AnnikaHom in Mexico City

https://t.co/hy4lFdiBue

[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

@ApostolovaLiana Hi Liana! My name is Annika and I’m a science journalist. I was hoping to get in touch with you for a story I’m writing. If interested please reach out via DM or [email protected] . Thank you!

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA.

https://t.co/oekvfIWXa5

[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

thoughtful and deep story about the ICE protests / black migration / black residents in LA from one of the city's best writers. @AdamLMahoney

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

NEW: In LA, 75% of once majority-Black neighborhoods are now majority-Latino. I spoke w/ Black Angelenos about how that is shaping the protests and how they're balancing solidarity and survival in one of America's most demographically transformed cities.

https://t.co/pDQmnJYXK9

[The Sick Times @thesicktimes]

México-based journalist Annika Hom explores how a lack of clinical guidelines and other information about Long COVID contributes to challenges Mexicans with the disease face in getting care. https://t.co/yW723KvD2y

[Mission Local @MLNow]

There's only one single-family house in the ultra-urban Tenderloin: A tiny, brick home belonging to Robo Gerson.

It once had Alcatraz-themed jail cells in the basement—a draw for tourists. Now, Gerson has put his own touch on it.

by @miss_elenius

https://t.co/nQumlXYJbL

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[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

Thousands of migrants had been waiting for months in Mexico to receive a CBP One appt, a legal immigration path Trump ended yesterday.

The wait in unsanitary, crowded migrant camps took a toll on adults and youth alike. My previous reporting:

https://t.co/4UD6c7VQZ1

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

NEW: The acting head of the U.S. immigration court system, along with three other key leaders, were fired soon after the Trump administration took office on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

[Nicolette Glazer @NicoletteGlazer]

A lot of fear and anxiety among immigrant communities (and for good reason) about Trump's "Day One" immigration activities and with that comes a lot of misinformation (even if well intentioned, it is still misinformation).

1. 200 ICE officers conducting a planned multi-city enforcement operation is nothing new, nor is it that grand scale. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump Admin all did them on various scales & frequencies. Don't get me wrong, it will be devastating to the many families that will be victimized but this is not "mass deportations".

What Trump and Homan want is a lot of media buzz about **200 ICE officers on the loose** to score political points and throw chum to the base. So expect photos with ICE armed as commandos descending on apartment complexes known to house immigrants and handcuffing mothers and grandmas together w those w crim convictions.

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

NEWS: Yesterday, LA Sheriff Robert Luna said at least 20 people had been arrested on "suspicion" of looting during the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, but according to booking data, just 7 people were actually charged, including 3 Black teenagers.

[suhauna hussain @suhaunah]

that our industry can’t seem to say clearly in headlines that Israel is occupying Syria is journalistic malpractice. Language in the body of the story is more clear

[Eleni Balakrishnan @miss_elenius]

The jury in the murder trial of Nima Momeni, accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee, has reached a verdict.

We’ll hear it tomorrow morning in open court, check back then for an update.

[Jesse Eisinger @eisingerj]

1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.

Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.

We were recently looking at Pete Hegesth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.

First stop: West Point.

[Eddie Kim @eddiekimx]

Consider:

There were 133 murders in SF in 1993.

Two decades later, that number is down to 30-something (33 year to date), despite a much bigger population.

Some pine for a "past" of perceived order and safety. But it's worth keeping everything in perspective.

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

one of the most interesting things i’ve read this year https://t.co/5eyiLo68dF

[Annika Hom @AnnikaHom]

brilliant

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

In my first magazine cover story, I interrogate the morality of Black reparations, particularly through land ownership, in a nation still plundering the world and itself.

https://t.co/5yRcHtyzaN